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Yamato 980492
Basic information Name: Yamato 980492
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: Y-980492
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1998
Country: Antarctica [Collected by National Institute of Polar Research, Japan]
Mass:help 4.82 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 109  (2020)  LL3
NIPR Newsletter:  MN 27  (2020)  LL3
Recommended:  LL3    [explanation]

This is 1 of 474 approved meteorites classified as LL3.   [show all]
Search for other: LL chondrites, LL chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)
Comments: Approved 26 Mar 2020
Data from:
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Date:1998
Mass (g):4.822
Pieces:1
Class:LL3
Weathering grade:B
Fayalite (mol%):15.9 (0.7-44.8)
Ferrosilite (mol%):11.3 (2.5-31.6)
Classifier:A. Yamaguchi, M. Kimura, and N. Imae, NIPR
Type spec mass (g):4.822
Type spec location:NIPR
Main mass:NIPR
Comments:Submitted by A. Yamaguchi
Institutions
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NIPR: Antarctic Meteorite Research Center, National Institute of Polar Research, 10-3 Midori-cho, Tachikawa, Tokyo 190-8518, Japan; Website (institutional address; updated 9 Dec 2013)
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References: Published in Meteorite newsletter: Japanese/Belgian collection of Antarctic meteorites, 27, 1-19 (2020 March)
Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 109, in preparation (2020)
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Geography:

Antarctica
Coordinates:Unknown.

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     This is 1 of 44274 approved meteorites from Antarctica (plus 3802 unapproved names)
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